1574 in music
Publications
- Lodovico Agostini – First book of canzoni alla napolitana for five voices
- Giammateo Asola
- *First book of masses for four voices
- *Psalmodia ad Vespers for eight voices, also contains two Magnificats
- Joachim a Burck – Passio Iesu Christi. Im 22. Psalm des Propheten Davids beschrieben for four voices
- Joachim a Burck & Johannes Eccard – Odae Ludovici Helmboldi, latinae & germanicae for four voices, a shared volume of hymn settings
- Ippolito Chamaterò – Introits for four, five, and six voices
- Girolamo Dalla Casa – First book of madrigals for five and six voices
- Johannes Eccard – Zwentzig Neue Christliche Gesäng Ludovici Helmboldi for four voices
- Andrea Gabrieli – First book of madrigals for six voices
- Vincenzo Galilei – First book of madrigals for four and five voices
- Jacobus de Kerle – Egregia cantio, in gratiam et honorem generosi ac nobilis domini, Melchioris Lincken Augustani for six voices
- Orlande de Lassus
- *Patrocinium musices, Part 2, a collection of masses for five voices
- *Patrocinium musices, Part 3, a collection of liturgical music for five voices
- Giorgio Mainerio – Magnificat in all eight tones for four voices
- Claudio Merulo – First book of ricercari da cantare for four voices
- Philippe de Monte
- *Third book of motets for five voices
- *Fifth book of madrigals for five voices
- Melchior Neusidler – ''Teuetsch Lautenbuch''
Births
- January 9 – Christoph Buel, German composer
- January 17 – Robert Fludd, English composer and writer
- March 7 – John Wilbye, English madrigal composer
- May 14 – Francesco Rasi, Italian tenor
- July 8 – Giovanni Battista Stefanini, Italian composer
- September 2 – Georg Leopold Fuhrmann, German lutenist, engraver, printer, editor and publisher
- September 27 – Jean Dufon, Flemish composer and singer
- date unknown
- *Andreas Hakenberger, composer
- *Francis Tregian the Younger, English recusant and musician, possible compiler of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.
- *Claudio Pari, Italian composer.
Deaths